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so i used money that i raised with a group of nixon alumni to pay for a lot of this. i used some of the trust fund money. very expensive. it is very expensive to do this project, but my goal was to show that, because most of the times these oral histories are done by private foundations, and they have a vested interest, i would say, in a certain legacy. i will not say that at all push for that legacy. the el bj foundation is evenhanded about history, but that is not true for all. this is the first time the national archives did something like this on this scale, and i wanted it to be done. >> we are over time. >> i am sorry. >> the former director of the nixon library tree and he left in 2011. thank you very much. >> brian, my pleasure. thank you. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] >> for a dvd copy of this program, call 1877-662-7726. for free transcripts, or to give us your comments about this program, visit us at q-and- a.org. "q&a" programs are also available as c-span podcasts. >> next,
so i used money that i raised with a group of nixon alumni to pay for a lot of this. i used some of the trust fund money. very expensive. it is very expensive to do this project, but my goal was to show that, because most of the times these oral histories are done by private foundations, and they have a vested interest, i would say, in a certain legacy. i will not say that at all push for that legacy. the el bj foundation is evenhanded about history, but that is not true for all. this is the...
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nixon. the situation came to a head on the third day of the visit as pat walked through the store, hundreds of people crammed onto ball con neys or stood in adjacent aisles to wave and catch a glimpse of her. reporters trying to cover the event found their views blocked by the soviet security detail. pushing became shoveing became fists flying through the air. pat saved one reporter from being man handled by the soviet officer by pulling the reporter to her and offering him a lick of her ice cream cone. her or obvious distress at the situation and her attempt to remedy it did much to win the open admiration of the reporters. and so we end with another story. that reinforces pat's love of travel, her opennesses to all of the people she met including reporters and her willingnesses to take whatever action was necessary. from her youngest days when she listened to her father's stories of his adventures through her years as a single woman taking off on small excursions through the early years of
nixon. the situation came to a head on the third day of the visit as pat walked through the store, hundreds of people crammed onto ball con neys or stood in adjacent aisles to wave and catch a glimpse of her. reporters trying to cover the event found their views blocked by the soviet security detail. pushing became shoveing became fists flying through the air. pat saved one reporter from being man handled by the soviet officer by pulling the reporter to her and offering him a lick of her ice...
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nixon presidential library. here with a preview, we have a representative live from yorba linda, california. >> reporter: hithere, jamie. it was in this caught house, january 9, 1913 that, richard nixon was born, the second of five boys. he went from being a hard-working lad in his parents' grocery store to one of the most celebrated but controversial leader who is changed world history forever. the nixon foundation will unveil a special personal poignant exhibit of his personal artifacts and memorabilia and we will see in a few hours' time, a celebration of his life today here at his birth place. among those in attendance, those woworked with him and hahe achieved. >> to have som was at that pinnacle of office is very unusual. it wasn't that -- clearly, president obama had none of that stature at all coming into office. >> reporter: a lot of stature created by the foreign policy of richard nixon. he reached out to china and encouraged it to become a big player in the world, the dominant player it is today. he s
nixon presidential library. here with a preview, we have a representative live from yorba linda, california. >> reporter: hithere, jamie. it was in this caught house, january 9, 1913 that, richard nixon was born, the second of five boys. he went from being a hard-working lad in his parents' grocery store to one of the most celebrated but controversial leader who is changed world history forever. the nixon foundation will unveil a special personal poignant exhibit of his personal artifacts...
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so i used money that i raised with a group of nixon alumns to pay for a lot of this. and i used some of the trust fund money. it is very expensive to do this project, but my goal was to show that the federal government could do this. because most of the times these oral histories are done by private foundations, and they have a vested interest, i would say, in a certain legacy. i am deeply honored in my invitation to this prestigious parliament, and i would like to i see in this a friendship which has been forged through history, and we cannot be indifferent as we confront the financial crisis which threatens you and also affects us. i remain convinced that a united europe, one which is ever stronger, will find the appropriate solutions in order to restore its economy to help. no recession is forever, and the time that a crisis lasts will depend on the progress of the government measures. from mario draghi to christine lagarde, you have available to use some of the best names on the planet, which will help you to overcome crisis. however, my presence here today is an
so i used money that i raised with a group of nixon alumns to pay for a lot of this. and i used some of the trust fund money. it is very expensive to do this project, but my goal was to show that the federal government could do this. because most of the times these oral histories are done by private foundations, and they have a vested interest, i would say, in a certain legacy. i am deeply honored in my invitation to this prestigious parliament, and i would like to i see in this a friendship...
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i always used to say was a valley is a valid argument to say that frost never plea yaid around nixon. that's what is -- it's acting and story telling and film and drama, it's still, you know, it's not a documentary. so it's more about i think an audience responds on the whole to whether there is a sense of complexity of somehow is true to the spirit of something. i watched "argo" the other day, the most exciting i believe is the only thing that didn't happened. is it vailed? i'm not saying it is or isn't. how much can entertainment rely on things that didn't happen to come up with the internet factor if it's supposed to be based on real event. that's something with each piece i've been involved in you have to judge as you come along. >> and your new piece? [laughter] >> a view of reality. >> yes, i welcome working for -- which will be about real people and real event and going through the whole . >> an join going series -- ongoing series about johnson. which weirdly, i think has not been done. the conventions of popular entertainment gets made, you know, we do historical pieces about
i always used to say was a valley is a valid argument to say that frost never plea yaid around nixon. that's what is -- it's acting and story telling and film and drama, it's still, you know, it's not a documentary. so it's more about i think an audience responds on the whole to whether there is a sense of complexity of somehow is true to the spirit of something. i watched "argo" the other day, the most exciting i believe is the only thing that didn't happened. is it vailed? i'm not...
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vietnamese killed, and 20 years of trying to keep vietnam from becoming a communist nation, president nixon announced the truce that there would contend to the vietnam war. 40 years afterwards, they have a thriving relationship and in the past five years the emphasis has shifted to security cooperation. >> we will be strengthening our presence in asia pacific. >> an effort to counterbalance the influence of china. a longtime observer says that ho chi minh city is not interested in being a mother irina between the superpowers. >> i do not believe that they want to cultivate a relationship so close to the united states that it would harm their relationship china. >> when the defense secretary visited in 2012, he did not talk about the military losses, but about the gains to be had. >> it will be particularly important to be able to work with partners like vietnam, to be able to use partners like this as we move our ships -- ships from the port of the west coast to our stations here in the pacific. >> an effort to build ties with a former enemy, one generation later. >> larry jacobs is a polit
vietnamese killed, and 20 years of trying to keep vietnam from becoming a communist nation, president nixon announced the truce that there would contend to the vietnam war. 40 years afterwards, they have a thriving relationship and in the past five years the emphasis has shifted to security cooperation. >> we will be strengthening our presence in asia pacific. >> an effort to counterbalance the influence of china. a longtime observer says that ho chi minh city is not interested in...
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in fact, nixon did veto that child care act in 1971. that's a very interesting moment, one that doesn't usually register in our memories of the era, but it's a turning point in politics. another critical hinge of this transformation that "all in the family" tracks takes place really in the late 1970s when we see the birth of the sowled pro-family or family vams movement. that movement came immediately out of the opposition of the equal rights amendment and the fight of a conservative acts -- activist who people are familiar with, still activist today in a lot of ways, and her opposition to the equal rights amendment helped to gal galvanize a movemt that named itself the pro-family movement, and then that movement which ultimately was the so-called family values movement was critical to the reagan coalition that came together in 1980. the lens of the family turns up some startling and surprising discoveries as well. something like the vietnam war which we do not ordinarily associate with the politics of the family, there's a whole chapte
in fact, nixon did veto that child care act in 1971. that's a very interesting moment, one that doesn't usually register in our memories of the era, but it's a turning point in politics. another critical hinge of this transformation that "all in the family" tracks takes place really in the late 1970s when we see the birth of the sowled pro-family or family vams movement. that movement came immediately out of the opposition of the equal rights amendment and the fight of a conservative...
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this is the model that nixon and kissinger used to pursue the diplomatic opening with china in the early one nine hundred seventy s. it's not their achievement was not that they started talking to. the united states have been talking to beijing for years but it was this very narrow kind of dialogue very focused on grievance american grievances toward china and what china was going to need to do to bring itself in line with american preferences nixon and kissinger flip that on its head they said we are going to convey to the chinese both in words and in actions that we we accept the people's republic of china and on that basis the rest of these issues can be taken care of that's what enabled this dramatic turn in american diplomacy toward china that's what we need to do toward the islamic republic of iran to accept it and then to back that up with concrete actions in terms of rolling back covert action programs in terms of stopping economic warfare against iran but what are the chances for diplomacy i mean iran is surrounded by u.s. military bases by nato patriot missiles they have to san
this is the model that nixon and kissinger used to pursue the diplomatic opening with china in the early one nine hundred seventy s. it's not their achievement was not that they started talking to. the united states have been talking to beijing for years but it was this very narrow kind of dialogue very focused on grievance american grievances toward china and what china was going to need to do to bring itself in line with american preferences nixon and kissinger flip that on its head they said...
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that is until president nixon made the idea of white house taping famous and infamous. [laughter] and other presidential recording systems were revealed to against the backdrop of watergate, the concept of secret taping can seem problematic, but it is beyond doubt this is a unique and invaluable historical resource. on these tapes history unfolds in real time in the most dramatic possible way. we had the chance conversations of the civil rights movement, and a life or death decisions be made during the cuban missile crisis. people often ask me why my father installed the system it as a lover of history i know he would've been drawn to this new technology as a way of keeping an accurate record of events for the memoir he planned to write after leaving office. and after the bay of pigs disaster, people say he wanted to be able to remember who said what in case they later changed their tune. [laughter] the wonderful thing about this book is that although much of this material has been available, it has not been easily accessible until now. the original recordings are of va
that is until president nixon made the idea of white house taping famous and infamous. [laughter] and other presidential recording systems were revealed to against the backdrop of watergate, the concept of secret taping can seem problematic, but it is beyond doubt this is a unique and invaluable historical resource. on these tapes history unfolds in real time in the most dramatic possible way. we had the chance conversations of the civil rights movement, and a life or death decisions be made...
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seeking to unify the country on january fifteenth one thousand nine hundred seventy three presidents nixon announced the end of offensive operations against north vietnam a military crusade that would lead or become a foreign policy benchmark for washington to never repeat the primary lesson that the us foreign policy establishment should have learned from vietnam and i don't think they had learned from vietnam is that they cannot in spite of the fact that they have great military supremacy go in and just destroy a government occupy a country and remold their country so that it becomes a proxy or a client of the united states forty years and six presidents later critics say washington has done a better job at repeating mistakes rather than learning from them we still keep getting into the. war for wars or interventions in other countries. i mean it's wrong period you're not going to win. we don't win in iraq we didn't win in the afghanistan and we're grateful even when you've been there what are your life and the same thing is is like a vietnam we didn't win nothing who won absolutely noth
seeking to unify the country on january fifteenth one thousand nine hundred seventy three presidents nixon announced the end of offensive operations against north vietnam a military crusade that would lead or become a foreign policy benchmark for washington to never repeat the primary lesson that the us foreign policy establishment should have learned from vietnam and i don't think they had learned from vietnam is that they cannot in spite of the fact that they have great military supremacy go...
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nixon brings out researchers. he hires researchers all over the country to find every bit of dirt they can about the kennedy family, and they find plenty of dirt on joe kennedy, but no one accuses him of being a bootlegger. it's only in the 1970s when writers are trying to figure out the assassination, and they figure it can't be oswald, but the mafia. why would the mafia go after jfk and these explanations are put together, and all sorts of retired mafia, mafia person? some of it, you know, many miami, in israel, in europe, in the baa baa -- bahamas, and, oh, a friend, and writers would not let it go. i'm reading this stuff, trying to track down every rumor, every story, and, you know, the credible witnesses include al capone's piano tuner who gives an interview in which he says he was tuning the piano when al and kennedy met together. they were -- they include the ex-wife of a chicago mobster who says, yeah, yeah, my husband was a good friend of joe kennedy. they included people who came out of the wood work to
nixon brings out researchers. he hires researchers all over the country to find every bit of dirt they can about the kennedy family, and they find plenty of dirt on joe kennedy, but no one accuses him of being a bootlegger. it's only in the 1970s when writers are trying to figure out the assassination, and they figure it can't be oswald, but the mafia. why would the mafia go after jfk and these explanations are put together, and all sorts of retired mafia, mafia person? some of it, you know,...
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it was organized by a pragmatist by nixon and it was completely destroyed and jimmy carter who was an idea well. in the united states france and folds over russia you can on divide them by party lines. democrats are not pro russian oil and i russian republics are not for arsenal and russia the real dividing line is between pragmatists and ideologues russia is not a threat to the united states russian elite wants to be friends with the united states i would say almost desperately. and you know reset was a prick may take since russia is not a frat threat why waste so much money trying to the image its potential and basically it's coming to an end because wait a year as obama's administration it was getting more and more ideological i think the war in the via was ideal what you call it didn't bring any fruit to assume that this needs obviously a very easy when there is going to be probably one more hostile to their resume in egypt so there's going to be more that i wanted to colleagues i know you. disagree completely i think russia is a huge threat to the united states not to the united
it was organized by a pragmatist by nixon and it was completely destroyed and jimmy carter who was an idea well. in the united states france and folds over russia you can on divide them by party lines. democrats are not pro russian oil and i russian republics are not for arsenal and russia the real dividing line is between pragmatists and ideologues russia is not a threat to the united states russian elite wants to be friends with the united states i would say almost desperately. and you know...
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richard nixon and ted kennedy could compromise very easily. richard nixon wanted the government to get birg and ted kennedy wanted it to get much bigger opinion a bigger. today they are committed to principle. the democrats wanted an expansive view of the role of government. the republicans want lower taxes and spending less money. if somebody wants to go east and somebody wants to go west, what would a compromise be? i'm in favor of compromising in favor of -- we had a come mieds in 2011. the republicans wanted to cut taxes $6 trillion and we agreed to $2.5 trillion in spending cuts. dhafs -- that was a compromise. you can have compromise in the direction of liberty but raises taxes and spending more money, which is what obama wants to do is moving away from liberty. >> but you're painting it in extraordinarily stark terms. >> that's two parties are extraordinarily want to go in two different ways. >> do you have see any room in the pentagon budget for cuts? >> absolutely. serious conservatives need to make it very clear that taxpayers, repub
richard nixon and ted kennedy could compromise very easily. richard nixon wanted the government to get birg and ted kennedy wanted it to get much bigger opinion a bigger. today they are committed to principle. the democrats wanted an expansive view of the role of government. the republicans want lower taxes and spending less money. if somebody wants to go east and somebody wants to go west, what would a compromise be? i'm in favor of compromising in favor of -- we had a come mieds in 2011. the...
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for example, we are still trying to figure out dick nixon. well, for example, i looked and said, nixon, in his free time, likes to boulogne and sometimes wore a black suit to do it. that begins to explain things. he does this. so i guess all books in the being trilogies. so affairs of state, i try to take a different perspective on our presidents. for example, we all know about george washington. we studied washington. what brilliance. we studied his courage, dashing crossing of the delaware on christmas night which saved the revolution, but who would toward -- who were george rushed to the store fronts when he was a kid? and you find that the teenage washington, more than one occasion, basically goes back home in tears because he was turned down and puts pen to paper and writes roses are red, violets are blue to the palms. he once wrote that cupid start has been shot through my heart when it yet another girl turned and down. this is a different look to washington. you know, during my degrees and doctoral studies, professors did not tell me a
for example, we are still trying to figure out dick nixon. well, for example, i looked and said, nixon, in his free time, likes to boulogne and sometimes wore a black suit to do it. that begins to explain things. he does this. so i guess all books in the being trilogies. so affairs of state, i try to take a different perspective on our presidents. for example, we all know about george washington. we studied washington. what brilliance. we studied his courage, dashing crossing of the delaware on...
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i offer richard nixon. mr gregarious. as an example. i think our incumbent president, i have a slight possibility might be having more fun when he is watching george w. bush's sports package by himself in the treaty room than talking to members of congress. just a guess but he has got to move beyond that. if you look back to find ways to move forward, you have to bring people together. not that they're going to agree with you and not that all of a sudden ball all law is going to descend, but you tend to give someone the benefit of the doubt if you sit down, if you had a meal together, you get the little harder to be totally cross. is not impossible but it gets a little harder. almost every night when congress is in session thomas jefferson had lawmakers to dinner. he did not have republicans and federalists so we could all sit around like simpson-bowles and issue a report. that wasn't what he was doing. he didn't want them fighting with each other so what he did was he both attachments to himself because he believed he was the center of
i offer richard nixon. mr gregarious. as an example. i think our incumbent president, i have a slight possibility might be having more fun when he is watching george w. bush's sports package by himself in the treaty room than talking to members of congress. just a guess but he has got to move beyond that. if you look back to find ways to move forward, you have to bring people together. not that they're going to agree with you and not that all of a sudden ball all law is going to descend, but...
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january 19, 1913, when richard nixon was born, the second son of five boys. you can see his birth place, right behind me. here today, we are comeuppancing to a ceremony where they gather many of the people he worked with and many of the politicians remember his time. the marines are preparing to rehearse a gun salawsuit lute and there will be a flyover to commemorate the centennial anniversary. you can see the bands getting ready to rehearse. 200 people will remember his life's achievements. among them, his colleagues who feel that although he resigned from the presidency if in the watergate scandal, they believe he needs to be seen in a far-reaching context. >> chineav 1971-72 is like north korea of today. people can't get their arms around that. i think that is one thing that is very important for us who worked in that administration, for people to understand the sheer magnitude of what he did. >> reporter: later this week, there will be a special dinner in washington, d.c., where henry kissinger, his secretary of state, will give a keyneat note speech. nix
january 19, 1913, when richard nixon was born, the second son of five boys. you can see his birth place, right behind me. here today, we are comeuppancing to a ceremony where they gather many of the people he worked with and many of the politicians remember his time. the marines are preparing to rehearse a gun salawsuit lute and there will be a flyover to commemorate the centennial anniversary. you can see the bands getting ready to rehearse. 200 people will remember his life's achievements....
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this goes back to hitchard richard nixon, congress said sure, you make the riles. fast forward or wind it up 40 years later, to barack obama, and you have an epa, ennaging enacting rules that congress has rejected. and a president boasting about it in his inaugural address. that is what we have in america in 2013. neil: they don't even know what they are going to do with this money. let's say they could push that 700 billion a year, which is crazy. how do you make sure, let's say, whatever you want to do to address the problem, that might not be a real man-made problem. how do you make sure it gets in the right-hands and not just obliteratedded into the poor countries that are not necessarily well run. >> you can't, the bureaucrats that calderon, believes they can right any wrong, and regulate any behavior if you give them enough cash, they don't have an organization to do it they will try to get u.n. to praise dues. -- to raise dues, some are paid by the executive branch of the country, and not passed upon by legislative branch. neil: who would release the money.
this goes back to hitchard richard nixon, congress said sure, you make the riles. fast forward or wind it up 40 years later, to barack obama, and you have an epa, ennaging enacting rules that congress has rejected. and a president boasting about it in his inaugural address. that is what we have in america in 2013. neil: they don't even know what they are going to do with this money. let's say they could push that 700 billion a year, which is crazy. how do you make sure, let's say, whatever you...
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is it going to be nixon goes to china when it comes to the granddaddy here of this whole mess, which is entitlement reform, will he able to come to a deal which really cuts things on the spending side because that really did not happen in these last 48 frenetic hours. >> stand by, jim. i want to bring in congresswoman maxine waters. happy new year. >> happy new year to you, also. >> let me play be a clip of your colleagues reacting to this. >> it was because of the action of the senate that we found ourselves here on new year's eve that we had to take this action. the house is saying no more. >> compromise and solutions, that's what the house wants. it was house democrats who stopped us from going off this cliff. >> a lot of finger pointing we've heard over the last several hours, a lot of the blame game and frankly a lot of complaints as you well know. how would you describe the mood on the hill this morning, congresswoman? >> well, it's a bit early yet but as i left last evening, we democrats were pleased that we were able to protect the average american family in america. this was
is it going to be nixon goes to china when it comes to the granddaddy here of this whole mess, which is entitlement reform, will he able to come to a deal which really cuts things on the spending side because that really did not happen in these last 48 frenetic hours. >> stand by, jim. i want to bring in congresswoman maxine waters. happy new year. >> happy new year to you, also. >> let me play be a clip of your colleagues reacting to this. >> it was because of the...
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in fact, the first president who coined the phrase energy independence was richard nixon, a republican. so maybe it was logical to think well, if we make our own energy, then will be more independent and self-sufficient. but this was before we found that we had all this inexpensive natural gas, around $2.75 a sense per million btu. so now we're in the middle of a new american energy revolution. we found that we have all this. and as john maeda keynes once said, when the facts change, i change my mind. the facts have changed. we have an expensive energy right here without having to ask iran or saudi arabia to send it over to us. we have so much natural gas that i would talk about exporting liquid natural gas as daniel yergin describes an op-ed in today's wall street do. it's so cheap that chemical manufactures are being attracted back to america. it's so cheap that russia is worried that its hold on the eastern european economy is going to fail because we can now supply them with natural gas instead of russia being their sole supplier. in this environment, subsidizing wind and solar mak
in fact, the first president who coined the phrase energy independence was richard nixon, a republican. so maybe it was logical to think well, if we make our own energy, then will be more independent and self-sufficient. but this was before we found that we had all this inexpensive natural gas, around $2.75 a sense per million btu. so now we're in the middle of a new american energy revolution. we found that we have all this. and as john maeda keynes once said, when the facts change, i change...
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. >> the big discussion i remember was what is richard nixon going to do? i remember going home at night, you are scared to death. this thing gets out in the press, it is a disaster for all of us. >> johnny came to me and said, john dean the president's council, has brought me a list of 50 names of people and wants a full investigation of then. that is a very unpleasant thing to have happened to you. >> shortly after the farewell e, and, al haig called mea he said, we have about one thing. we forgot a resignation letter. i said, that is very interesting. it will be interesting reading. he said, you do not get it, you need to write it. >> dressed in a was for the players, key people living from that era to tell the story themselves. i thought the best way to do this was to start a video oral history program that involves the nixon players, but also players in the watergate drama on the left and right, to have them tell the story, and then to use portions of that story in the museum to let visitors understand the complexity of this constitutional drama. >> th
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., "q&a" with timothy naftali, former director of the nixon presidential library. >> studentcam video and trees are now do, friday, january 18, for your chance at the ground prize -- the grand prize. for more information, go to studentcam.org. >> in a rare address to the nation, syrian president bashar al assad talked about moving forward but made no mention of stepping down. he proposed a new constitution, which he said would have new laws. he thanked russia and china for their support of syria and stressed that his country would defend itself against outside forces. the last time the syrian president addressed was in 2012. this comes to was courtesy of aljazeera english. -- comes to us. >> and this is the first time since november that the president has given a public address in his own country. [crowd chanting] not so long after, it was said that maybe as many as 60,000 people have lost their lives in during the course of the 21- month conflict. while our translators are standing by to bring you -- president bashar al assad, live in the syrian capital. >> [speaking foreign language
., "q&a" with timothy naftali, former director of the nixon presidential library. >> studentcam video and trees are now do, friday, january 18, for your chance at the ground prize -- the grand prize. for more information, go to studentcam.org. >> in a rare address to the nation, syrian president bashar al assad talked about moving forward but made no mention of stepping down. he proposed a new constitution, which he said would have new laws. he thanked russia and china...
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the war blur that richard nixon used to trap him in the cross-examination, and these things, they live in a mythological memory. it was in the "new york times" three weeks ago or so in a box, you know, a-11, a war blur appeared in new york city in manhattan, and times photographed it, making the reference to this work we're going to talk about today, and then, i think, a classic status was enhanced by the seemingly never ending decades of controversy in which the defenders tried to make slanders of the authors of witness stick. today, i want to introduce the three panelists. this is an amazingly powerful group we have here. all at once. leave it to them. they will take it over. each, i hope, making remarks ten minute, and we'll open it up for further discussion. elliot a -- abrams had a remarkable strings of enormous importance. i remember him going back to the early reagan years. he began my knowledge with human rights, and that was really something, the jimmy carter invention of human rights, and in charge of latin american affairs, positions in the white house, and in every case, he
the war blur that richard nixon used to trap him in the cross-examination, and these things, they live in a mythological memory. it was in the "new york times" three weeks ago or so in a box, you know, a-11, a war blur appeared in new york city in manhattan, and times photographed it, making the reference to this work we're going to talk about today, and then, i think, a classic status was enhanced by the seemingly never ending decades of controversy in which the defenders tried to...
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so i thought the best way to do this was to start a video oral history program that involved the nixon players, all the players in the watergate drama from the left and the right, to have them tell the story and then to use portions of that story in the museum to let visitors understand the complexity of this constitutional drama. >> former head of the nixon presidential library and museum, timothy naftali. deills tails the oral history project sunday night at 8:00 on c-span's q&a. >> they put us in the field and i don't know, some of them shoots were fired i went down, and i think there was something like 96 tanks and half-tracks to pass and they, each one would fire into the group. they came around and anyone that was moving they shot. >> to put it simply you were in this town in belgium, 150 were made captive. 84 were then shot down by ss forces that captured them. the survivors including ted paluch played dead in the field after they were massed, they were fired on by machine guns at close range from the distance from myself at the podium to you sitting in the audience, this range
so i thought the best way to do this was to start a video oral history program that involved the nixon players, all the players in the watergate drama from the left and the right, to have them tell the story and then to use portions of that story in the museum to let visitors understand the complexity of this constitutional drama. >> former head of the nixon presidential library and museum, timothy naftali. deills tails the oral history project sunday night at 8:00 on c-span's q&a....
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the warbler that richard nixon used to trap hiss in his cross-examination. and these things, they live in kind of a mythological memory. it was in "the new york times" about three weeks ago or so, a little box, a warbler had appeared in new york city, in manhattan. the time to photograph it and made a reference to the work of, we're going to talk about today. and then i think a classic, enhanced by the seemingly never ending decades of controversy in which the defenders of alger hiss tried to make their slanders of the author of "witness" stick. today, i want to introduce the three panelists, and this is an amazingly powerful group we have here. all at once, and then leave it to them, they will take it over. each i hope making the remarks about 10 minutes, and then we will put it to the floor for further discussion. elliott abrams has had a remarkable string of positions, of enormous importance. i know him going back to the early reagan years. he began, my knowledge, with human rights. that was really something intellectually to come in behind the jimmy cart
the warbler that richard nixon used to trap hiss in his cross-examination. and these things, they live in kind of a mythological memory. it was in "the new york times" about three weeks ago or so, a little box, a warbler had appeared in new york city, in manhattan. the time to photograph it and made a reference to the work of, we're going to talk about today. and then i think a classic, enhanced by the seemingly never ending decades of controversy in which the defenders of alger hiss...
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i am not a nixon specialists. it was interesting to have the people living through that time to start the all history that involved the nixon players in the watergate drama from the left and the right, to have them tell the story and to use portions of the story in the museum to let visitors understand the complexity of this constitutional drama. >> the former head of the nixon presidential library and museum oralls the library's history project sunday night on c-span's "q & a." >> someone took a shot. i went down. i think it was 96 tanks that passed. each one would fire into the group. they came around anyone who was moaning and they shot him. >> to put it simply, near this town, 150 were made captive. 84 of them were shot down by ss forces who captain them. the survivors play dead in a field after they were fired on by machine guns at close range from the distance of myself to you in the audience. machine guns were fired at these men. they did not run. this fell to the ground. >> an american convoy traveling thr
i am not a nixon specialists. it was interesting to have the people living through that time to start the all history that involved the nixon players in the watergate drama from the left and the right, to have them tell the story and to use portions of the story in the museum to let visitors understand the complexity of this constitutional drama. >> the former head of the nixon presidential library and museum oralls the library's history project sunday night on c-span's "q &...
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it would be nixon going to china. these problems are so politically difficult, they would have been solved a long time ago if they were not. neither party can really afford to take the lead because they will be demagogued to death by the other party. it will take presidential leadership and bipartisan congressional leadership to get it done. every group in america, from the people who say you have to balance the budget in four months, every group in america, thousands of them will descend on washington. >> and the president is going to deal with it. i have just been given a note that the president is going to take his chief of staff, who is a master negotiator, just came back from north korea, and your mission, governor, should you decide to accept -- and actually, you don't have a choice. the president is dispatching you right now to capitol hill to go and try to negotiate this. and now you have to leave us, but you are leaving us to go to capitol hill. i want to thank you for being here with us this evening, and we
it would be nixon going to china. these problems are so politically difficult, they would have been solved a long time ago if they were not. neither party can really afford to take the lead because they will be demagogued to death by the other party. it will take presidential leadership and bipartisan congressional leadership to get it done. every group in america, from the people who say you have to balance the budget in four months, every group in america, thousands of them will descend on...
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. >> nixon did that he slapped on -- jfk did the detour executive order. >> i'm not criticizing barack obama for the use of the executive order. i mean, you know, they all do and it sometimes the president believes that he should. that's in our system. have you ever been to chicago, stossel? >> i grew up in chicago. >> i didn't know that outside of chicago. chicago had more gun killings in 2012 than coalition forces were killed in afghanistan. did you know that? >> did i not. >> i just found that out dead. more dead by gun violence in chicago than afghanistan. >> they have very tough gun laws. >> banned them. the city of chicago you can't have a handgun. this should tell president obama this kind of banning business what he wants to do is not going to work. >> nothing tells the left that banning won't work. no they can't. people don't get it congress must do something. but the cdc looked at 51 studies of gun laws. they are looking to find some that worked. they couldn't find anything. >> centers for disease controls, right, in atlanta, studied this, if there was anything gun law that h
. >> nixon did that he slapped on -- jfk did the detour executive order. >> i'm not criticizing barack obama for the use of the executive order. i mean, you know, they all do and it sometimes the president believes that he should. that's in our system. have you ever been to chicago, stossel? >> i grew up in chicago. >> i didn't know that outside of chicago. chicago had more gun killings in 2012 than coalition forces were killed in afghanistan. did you know that? >>...
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. >> for example, pete peterson, nixon's secretary of the commerce, billionaire several times over has set up this "fix the debt" campaign and is said to be putting half a billion dollars into trying to influence the public. >> yeah, actually it's not just "fix the debt," that's just the latest incarnation. there's also the committee for a responsible federal budget, there's the newspaper "the fiscal times," there's several others. it's a whole portfolio. they all are peterson foundation money at the roots, but they're all out there. and yeah, serious attempts to influence public debate are not, by and large, a very lavishly funded enterprise. >> but in this case? >> but in this case, you've got so half a billion dollars, $500 million of spending with one agenda is going to have a huge impact. you know, policy intellectuals, by and large come cheap. a few hundred thousand in consulting contracts could do a lot there. >> do you think some of them are serious about the debt leading to a loss of confidence on the part of investors in foreign governments? i mean, even three years ago barac
. >> for example, pete peterson, nixon's secretary of the commerce, billionaire several times over has set up this "fix the debt" campaign and is said to be putting half a billion dollars into trying to influence the public. >> yeah, actually it's not just "fix the debt," that's just the latest incarnation. there's also the committee for a responsible federal budget, there's the newspaper "the fiscal times," there's several others. it's a whole...
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wife, eleanor roosevelt, harry truman, and dwight eisenhower, lyndon johnson, john kennedy, richard nixon, gerald ford, jimmy carter, ronald reagan, george bush, and so on. more recently, george w. bush and barack obama. the tradition has been maintained. when a new president is elected, st. john's makes an effort to contact them and have them sign this historic book, which is a very dear item to the church. it is one of those great pieces of history that has been long associated with this church, from 1856 till the present one of the little-known fact about presidential inaugurations is that it has been the custom in modern times to have a church service, and worship service of some kind before the president takes the oath of office. people feel this is a longstanding tradition. it began with franklin roosevelt on march 4, 1933. when he wished to have a worship service take place before he took the oath of office, in the depths of the great depression. he contacted the church and he organized a special service with his former headmaster at school, who participated in the church with comi
wife, eleanor roosevelt, harry truman, and dwight eisenhower, lyndon johnson, john kennedy, richard nixon, gerald ford, jimmy carter, ronald reagan, george bush, and so on. more recently, george w. bush and barack obama. the tradition has been maintained. when a new president is elected, st. john's makes an effort to contact them and have them sign this historic book, which is a very dear item to the church. it is one of those great pieces of history that has been long associated with this...
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mcdonough out of the white house to a large extent, larger than most presidents have since back to nixon. and i think both chuck hagel and brennan will be part of a team but very much in the mold of taking orders on the big decisions from the white house. with senator hague until he's confirmed really focuses, as david said, on managing the building, trying to find a way to reform the mission, post-9/11 world and a world with more orientation towards asia. but clearly with a premium put on defense cuts and if the sequester isn't worked out, maybe defense cuts right away. >> rose: hagel was a businessman before he became a politician. does she management skills? >> that's an open question. people are just now deviling into the business career. it's certainly there's -- look, there's almost no management challenge in the country like managing that building. there's complexities involved. frequently people use the metaphor of how difficult it is to turn an aircraft carrier. there's a lot of aircraft carriers you have to turn associated with that building. so i don't know that anybody is ful
mcdonough out of the white house to a large extent, larger than most presidents have since back to nixon. and i think both chuck hagel and brennan will be part of a team but very much in the mold of taking orders on the big decisions from the white house. with senator hague until he's confirmed really focuses, as david said, on managing the building, trying to find a way to reform the mission, post-9/11 world and a world with more orientation towards asia. but clearly with a premium put on...
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dipper phonic terry war blurb that richard nixon used to trap his cross-examination. these things lived in the mythological memory in our times about three weeks ago, in a little box it had appeared in new york city and manhattan. the time said photographed at a major reference to the work we are going to talk about today. and i think a classic status was enhanced by the seemingly never ending decades of controversy in which the defenders, alger hiss, tried to slander the author of "witness." today i want to introduce this three panelists, and this is an amazingly powerful group. leave it to them, they will take it over each making their remarks about 10 minutes and then we will open it for further discussion. elliott abrams has had a remarkable string of positions of enormous importance. i have known him going back to the early reagan years. it began my knowledge with human rights. that was really something intellectually. part of the convention of human rights and the state department. in charge of latin american affairs and in positions in the white house. in every
dipper phonic terry war blurb that richard nixon used to trap his cross-examination. these things lived in the mythological memory in our times about three weeks ago, in a little box it had appeared in new york city and manhattan. the time said photographed at a major reference to the work we are going to talk about today. and i think a classic status was enhanced by the seemingly never ending decades of controversy in which the defenders, alger hiss, tried to slander the author of...
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my grandfather said both nixon and hubert humphrey were corporate guys in suits, and they would just say whatever they think they need to say in order to get elected. but i've spent my whole life for white folks and they are lined up behind george wallace because they really believe in what george wallace has said. he said, but i think if i really talk to them and work with them, i can change them. if you change a poor white in the south, you've got a friend forever. i will never change these people in suits because they do not believe what they are saying themselves. that is how i think about this question of movement building. i don't care, democratic party. i have been left for 30 years. i don't see a big difference between whites on the left and whites on the right. i don't see it. it is really about, do you believe in what you say? are you open to real conversation, for real engagement, for real humanity, war are you not? i don't think any party or any left-right has any monopoly or particular high ground on that issue. that is the fundamental issue. when it comes to change and
my grandfather said both nixon and hubert humphrey were corporate guys in suits, and they would just say whatever they think they need to say in order to get elected. but i've spent my whole life for white folks and they are lined up behind george wallace because they really believe in what george wallace has said. he said, but i think if i really talk to them and work with them, i can change them. if you change a poor white in the south, you've got a friend forever. i will never change these...
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i remember in the 1970s, nixon, jerry ford, jimmy carter, they all wanted temporary tax rebates. that was the idea du jour. never worked. >> they just gave you a big check and said this is a check from the federal government. go spend it and do whatever you want with it. it's different when could you give people on a weekly or bi-weekly base is throughout the year. >> they tried that. they used behavioral economics and tried to change how they structured it in 2009 and it had the same bad result. it's not just investors. >> you know what i think would have done better? spending cuts. i'm going to be a complete contrarian here. personal reductions in spending the size of government, the threat of government to our economic liberties. that includes the deficit. [ overlapping speakers ] >> still today if you had permanent spending reduction i'm telling you that would boost the economy. >> so the thing about spending cuts is you do have to make decisions. you are going to have to fire some people who work for the federal government. you are going to have to do less with the u.s. mili
i remember in the 1970s, nixon, jerry ford, jimmy carter, they all wanted temporary tax rebates. that was the idea du jour. never worked. >> they just gave you a big check and said this is a check from the federal government. go spend it and do whatever you want with it. it's different when could you give people on a weekly or bi-weekly base is throughout the year. >> they tried that. they used behavioral economics and tried to change how they structured it in 2009 and it had the...
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know a senator from utah who wrote a memo to the president of the united states and said this is a nixon goes to china moment for you. >> which senator would this have been? >> the junio senator. >> which president? >> the newly collected one. if you can be the first democratic president a bit of history to say we have to do something about entitlements, you can build up political capital that you can then do whatever you want to health care or environment or energy. or energy. >> so there is momentum building for something big. i want to hear you talking to one another about what that would be. >> the business community would applaud this. if we knew that there was a real bipartisan push for infrastructure spending, it might help us keep to factories open. however, -- >> really? >> absolutely. it would be work. we need tractors, we need things. so that it is not like the former stimulus were some of the dollar is held but everyone would admit, most of the dollars were wastedtwerewo -- and dollars were wasted. . business is encased -- business is engaged. there has to be accountability.
know a senator from utah who wrote a memo to the president of the united states and said this is a nixon goes to china moment for you. >> which senator would this have been? >> the junio senator. >> which president? >> the newly collected one. if you can be the first democratic president a bit of history to say we have to do something about entitlements, you can build up political capital that you can then do whatever you want to health care or environment or energy. or...
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. >> the big discussion i remember was what is richard nixon going to do? >> this is like a time bomb. this thing get out and gets to the press, it is a disaster for all of us. quick johnny came to me -- >> jenny came to me and said the president's council has bought me a list of 50 names of people. the was a very unpleasant thing to have happened to you. >> it was shortly after the farewell speech. the chief of staff called me. he said we forgot one thing -- a resignation letter. i said that is very interesting, i would be glad to read it. i would be glad to read it.
. >> the big discussion i remember was what is richard nixon going to do? >> this is like a time bomb. this thing get out and gets to the press, it is a disaster for all of us. quick johnny came to me -- >> jenny came to me and said the president's council has bought me a list of 50 names of people. the was a very unpleasant thing to have happened to you. >> it was shortly after the farewell speech. the chief of staff called me. he said we forgot one thing -- a...
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president nixon in the early 70's went to china. that seems like ancient history but that was straight against the core of the republican party at that time. that was something that was inconceivable for a republican president to do given the history of mainland china and taiwan as they were both called. so there have been many times in our history when presidents have had to do the hard work. president george h. w. bush made a budget agreement for which he may have caused him to lose the election in 1992 because it angered a number of republicans. but it also help don't the budget and gave us a period of time in the 1990s when that agreement plus a good economy gave us an actual surplus of funding. i sense that there is that the white house is feeling, two things. the first is that the budget problem is not a real problem and i can't believe people at the white house think that. everybody knows it is. mcconnell -- senator mcconnell gave a good explanation of what was going on there but let me say this way. in 2025 according to the
president nixon in the early 70's went to china. that seems like ancient history but that was straight against the core of the republican party at that time. that was something that was inconceivable for a republican president to do given the history of mainland china and taiwan as they were both called. so there have been many times in our history when presidents have had to do the hard work. president george h. w. bush made a budget agreement for which he may have caused him to lose the...